Jury convicts female LA officer of assault for kicking a handcuffed woman who later died

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2013, file photo, Ada Moses, 91, middle, the grandmother of late Alesia Thomas, holding a portrait of her granddaughter, seen at left, with her little sister, takes questions from the media at her home in Los Angeles. Moses is flanked by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, founder of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, left, and Lita Herron, a community activist. Jurors on Friday, June 5, 2015, convicted a Los Angeles police officer of felony assault for repeatedly kicking Thomas who later died. The jury reached its verdict after two days of deliberations in the trial of Officer Mary O'Callaghan, 50. She pleaded not guilty to assault under color of authority in the 2012 arrest of Alesia Thomas. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2013, file photo, Ada Moses, 91, the grandmother of Alesia Thomas, who died in 2012 after allegedly being kicked by a Los Angeles Police Department officer while handcuffed, cries for her granddaughter, while she takes questions from the media at her home in Los Angeles. Jurors on Friday, June 5, 2015, convicted the Los Angeles police officer of felony assault for repeatedly kicking Thomas who later died. The jury reached its verdict after two days of deliberations in the trial of Officer Mary O'Callaghan, 50. She pleaded not guilty to assault under color of authority in the 2012 arrest of Alesia Thomas. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) (The Associated Press)